Economic Integration in the Maghreb An Untapped Source of Growth

Individual countries of the Maghreb have achieved substantial progress on trade, but, as a region they remain the least integrated in the world. The share of intraregional trade is less than 5 percent of their total trade, substantially lower than in all other regional trading blocs around the world...

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Main Author: Kireyev, Alexei
Other Authors: Al Amine, Ramzy, Auclair, Allan, Cai, Yufei
Format: eBook
Language:Arabic
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2019
Series:Departmental Papers
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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